Tag: electricity shortages
North Korea reviews electricity-saving efforts amid crackdowns on illegal use
North Hamgyong province recently held a meeting to review results from August's month-long electricity conservation campaign.
A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK...
N. Korea credits Russia cooperation for economic gains during five-year period
North Korea's Cabinet has reviewed economic progress during the five years of the Eighth Party Congress and announced tasks for the remainder of the...
North Korea builds grain centers to tighten control over food distribution
A grain management center under construction in Hwangju county, North Hwanghae province, since February will be completed this fall. Inside North Korea, concern is...
Chinese factories fuel North Korea’s underground electronics market
Small electronics factories are sprouting up across Chinese border towns, quietly manufacturing devices specifically for North Korean consumers. These operations produce everything from portable...
South Hwanghae Province’s rural areas are facing serious electricity shortages
South Hwanghae Province, North Korea's main grain-producing region, is facing a severe power shortage, Daily NK has learned.
"The residents of rural counties such as...
A glimpse into the future of surveillance technology in North Korea
North Korea may be infamous for being “decades in the past,” but its technology is not nearly so far behind. North Korea has trained...
N. Hamgyong Province raises advance payments for housing
The North Hamgyong Province People's Committee recently increased the advance payments that prospective homeowners will have to pay to fund the construction of their...
Pyongyang still faces acute electricity shortages
Access to electricity in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, remains spotty. Even in the center of the city, home to the country's elite, power...
Yanggang Province officials seek out bribes from people using electricity on...
Yanggang Province authorities are carrying out frequent inspections of people’s electricity usage in areas along the China-North Korea border so they can shake people...
Chongjin residents unhappy with paying for nonexistent electricity, water services
Chongjin residents are expressing displeasure with the government's compulsory collection of fees for electricity and water, despite their failure to properly provide either service,...
